Basically there's no simple recipe for photographing toddlers and babies. They generally don't take direction, they don't stay still, they make strange, and sometimes they don't want their photo taken at all. The most important factor for me when photographing these little ones, is to make sure that they have fun and to bring props and toys for them to interact with and focus on. If the photo-shoot has a fun atmosphere and the toddler is allowed to be themselves and run aroun

Location scouting yet again we went to the Deer Forest Park in Virginia. We skipped stones, collected rocks and climbed trees. We discovered an old boat house with the beautiful Lough Ramor behind it, we wandered through the forest and picked wildflowers, Deer Forest Park is a beautiful location for outdoor photographs. Thunder storm abrewing, we then headed to the Cavan Musuem in Ballyjamesduff, where my history obsessed little man was in his element. He was dressed in his f

It seems summer is finally here! Ive become so accustomed to taking photographs in dull light that having the sun make an appearance can be a challenge sometimes! But I love a challenge :-) I shoot only in manual, which means every time the sun goes behind a cloud- I have to re-expose, every time I move from light to shade, I have to re-expose, every time I re compose I have to re expose , you get my drift! A couple of weeks ago I was asked to do a photoshoot for a couple of